Can you unlock songs by not going through Venue mode or do you have to go threw it to unlock songs. Like in Supernova you can play songs in freeplay mode and get songs that way.
As far as I'm aware, it's the long way or no way my friend. Good luck getting tokioEVOLVED by the way - I had to borrow a classic controller just for that!
I had a similar question regarding Furu Furu Party. I think our friend Ben is indicating that venue mode is the only way to unlock songs. Looking at the songlist, it shouldn't take long to unlock the game.
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